Our Leadership is made up of distinguished professionals  with many years of experience in management, business, strategy, entrepreneurial, policy, International relations,  and development of technology & innovation.

 

Mr. Kenneth Efetobor IZOMOH

Mr. Kenneth Efetobor IZOMOH

Founder & C.E.O

    Mr. Kenneth Efetobor IZOMOH

    Founder & C.E.O

    Mr. Kenneth Efetobor IZOMOH

    Founder & C.E.O

    Mr Kenneth Izomoh is a digital strategist,  and an ExO advisor, with a focus on digital transformation, leadership, exponential strategy and innovation.  He has extensive experience in AI, Augmented reality, IoT, Satellite & GNSS innovation solutions, business, and market positioning. He is an astute entrepreneur and has more than 22 years of experience in ICT innovation & industry. He has consulted more than 20 EU H2020 ICT development projects for Europe and Africa; and managed business developments related activities in cloud platforms for many economic sectors namely e-health, e-tourism, e-agriculture, oil-&-gas, e-energy, Environment, Circular Economy, smart mobility & insurance, enterprise solutions, e-commerce, factories of the future, and smart manufacturing under industry 4.0 enterprise initiatives.

    Over the years, Mr Izomoh served in high profile ICT consulting companies helping clients to achieve exponential growth, offering advisory support to innovation hubs, senior executives, and supporting conceptualization of innovation products’ & designs, value chain optimization schemes, and innovation studies for a number of private and public clients. He also acted in the past as an event manager related to the dissemination & continental networking of stakeholders’ in view of turnkey ICT programmes and entrepreneurship related to EU and Africa joint collaborations.

    Rosemary Mapuranga

    Rosemary Mapuranga

    DIRECTOR Southern Africa

      Rosemary Mapuranga

      DIRECTOR Southern Africa

      Rosemary Mapuranga

      DIRECTOR Southern Africa

      Rosemary Mapuranga is an hydroponics farming expert.  Visionary executive with progressive agriculture background and record of accomplishment. Brings focus on growth, confidence in decision-making and expertise in leading organizations through periods of change and development. Articulate and driven with top strengths in relationship-building, planning and operational problem-solving. Sustainable and climate smart agriculture being my main focus point. Developing different approaches and methods to make sure that the world preserves our natural resources for the future generations

      Moussa MBAYE

      Moussa MBAYE

      DIRECTOR Francophone Africa

        Moussa MBAYE

        DIRECTOR Francophone Africa

        Moussa MBAYE

        DIRECTOR Francophone Africa

        Mr. Moussa MBAYE is a senior expert on Geomatics, GIS and GNSS innovation and impact management. His key competences include designing; developing and implementing geodatabase for several clients such are international organisations, public administrations and companies. For GNSS activities he was trained by the first SAFIR Working Session in Dakar on EGNOS SBAS in 2013 and receiving update via the JPO Head on future satellites development. He was also involved in the EU funded project AIA (GNSS - Awareness in Africa) project during 2013 and 2014, and he supervised two African students’ papers on the project. He led key activities towards all the workshop preparations, and presented speeches on GNSS and GPS realities and perspectives in Senegal and defended the deliverable D13 on the project development preliminary schemes.  Moussa also presented during the workshops a web-application on iodate salt and enabling the products distribution’s products and actors tracking (SIGCDSI 2017-2018). It elaborated on the design, functional aspects and most importantly facilitating dematerialization process of national social Security institutions (PHMSI 2019). He has demonstrated great experience in applied remote sensing in several African projects funded by the UN, as a GIS expert on data collection, analysis, mapping, reporting and was involved also in training sessions of the African stakeholders.

        Moussa is based in Senegal and a representative of ADL-INNET in Western Africa; he speaks both English and French perfectly. He leads all ADL-INNET activities on dissemination, webinars, and networking in West Africa as the coordination focal point, assisting, promoting and monitoring cluster registration progress through the portal and engages with the local stakeholders on digital leadership and innovation initiatives. Moussa has a Master’s degree in Geography and Environment Management from the Lille 1 Science and Technology University (year 2003), Lille, France.
        Evans EDEBOR

        Evans EDEBOR

        DIRECTOR Western Africa

          Evans EDEBOR

          DIRECTOR Western Africa

          Evans EDEBOR

          DIRECTOR Western Africa

          With an impressive background spanning over 12 years in various sectors, including manufacturing, multinational non-profit, Information Technology, management consulting, intra-African trade advisory and SMEs space, Evans brings a wealth of expertise and a passion for driving economic growth, sustainable development, African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) participation & inclusion across communities and demographics in over 46 African Countries/African Union member States.

          Currently the Additional Director General for Africa, Global Council for the Promotion of International Trade (GCPIT), his AfCFTA market intelligence, skills and proficiencies has helped to demystified and advance Africa's  International Trade Opportunities and Investment potentials  across a range of verticals (Products, Sector, Market and Policy value chain) in more than 22 African Countries for Global Trade and Investment Opportunities and Traction under GCPIT Global Business Development in Africa, Singapore, US and the UK.
          Besides GCPIT, Evans served as AfCFTA Engagement Lead at The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), where he played a pivotal role in engaging with AfCFTA implementation authorities, trade support institutions, and the private sector to promote and attract exhibitors for the annual Lagos International Trade Fair. His contributions have helped foster trade and create opportunities for businesses across 46 African Countries.
          In his role as the Executive Director, PABL Solutions (Pan African Business Labs), Evans is dedicated to building the largest consortium of multidisciplinary and multisectoral AfCFTA and intra-African trade support professionals and service providers who are passionate about democratizing the opportunity, gains and impact in their various Countries and Regions.
          With a background in Financial Management, a frontline AfCFTA Media Fellow & Alumni, SME Trade Academy, International Trade Centre (ITC) & the African Civic Engagement Academy (ACAE), The University of Georgia/U.S. Department of State, Evans AfCFTA Implementation Leadership through policy advocacy (digital community building & engagement); capacity building & development, market intelligence and support  efforts have  directly impacted over 20,000 professionals, women, youths, and SMEs within the last 3 years, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to leverage the opportunities presented by the AfCFTA; giving them the ability to convert  the opportunity to concrete transactions and at the same time, helping their Businesses, Products, Services, Investments and Brands to adapt at scale to the Free Trade Area (FTA).